Self-Division In The Prince And Othello

Before one can consider the reasons why Machiavelli's claim of a balance between good an evil is not plausible, one must understand how the concept of self-division is embodied differently in the characters of The Prince and Othello. In The Prince, Machiavelli presents the concept of self-division through the his description of the route a prince must take in times of political instability. For instance, Machiavelli states “a prince cannot observe all those things which men are held good, since he is often under a necessity to maintain his state [and] acting against faith, charity, humanity, [and] religion” (The Prince 70). In essence, Machiavelli argues that a prince needs to be capable to balance both morale good and necessary evil in order